Response

By now you can see the shape of it: she pushes, gently or not so gently, and something in you reveals itself in the response. You can know your boundaries, you can hold your frame in theory — but if the in-the-moment response is defensive, frozen, or mistimed, none of it lands the way it should.

This section isn’t about having better comebacks. It’s about composure — the ability to receive pressure without your nervous system hijacking the moment.